Broadening Our Horizons

Special Education Post Secondary Transition Planning Resources

For information on our most recent annual conference, click below:

Broadening Our Horizons Annual Post Secondary Transition Conference

Table of Contents for this wiki:

Overview and Ongoing Projects

Transition 101 for Parents
Secondary IEP Writing Course B13TrainingLink
Reference Sheet for B13 Transition Page B

Developing Quality Secondary Services and IEPs

The Iowa Department of Education has created an online course organized around the 6 competencies listed below.
Before moving on to these competencies, the Iowa Department of Education requires the educator to have a solid foundation on the fundamentals from the course found at this link: Foundations of the State of Iowa's Individualized Education Program (IEP)

The 6 Critical Elements: Quality Services and Outcomes:

The NWAEA Transition Team has collected the following resources, also organized around the 6 critical elements or competencies of IEP writing and delivery of quality services and outcomes. Please click on a link to see additional assessment,instructional, and student resources.
I. Self-Determination and Self-Advocacy: Incorporating Student Interests and Preferences Through Assessments Critical Element 1/ Competency 1
2. Assessment Results: Critical Element 2/ Competency 2
3. Post Secondary Expectations: Critical Element 3/ Competency 3
4. Identifying A Course of Study: Critical Element 4/ Competency 4
5. Determining Annual Goals: Critical Element 5/ Competency 5
6. Identifying Services, Supports, Activities, and Linkages Critical Element 6/ Competency 6

General Resources:

Northwest Area Education Agency has a searchable database of transition resources, including referral resources for living, learning, and working throughout northwest Iowa. Here's a link: Northwest AEA Transition
The following link takes you to our 2011 Conference wiki. It includes many helpful resources (called "other useful information" on that wiki).
General Transition Resources from Broadening Our Horizons 2011 Conference (2014 update) This site is now several years old and some of its resource links may no longer work.
Click the following link for assessment resources: Assessment Resources from Broadening Our Horizons 2011Conference
Another valuable transition resource can be found here at the UDL-Transition wiki. This wiki approaches the idea of Universal Design for Learning - Transition - Beginning with the End in Mind.

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